Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set an ambitious target of 100,000 MW of solar power capacity to be achieved by 2022, when India celebrates 75 years of her independence. This is a grand vision for ushering in a sort of revolution in clean energy in India in the next six years.
The report highlights the importance of building compact, more efficient cities. It proposes creating a sustainable national urban system across the country and makes recommendations to support the government’s five-year Growth and Transformation Plan.
To sustain Africa’s economic growth and accelerate the eradication of extreme poverty, investment in infrastructure is fundamental.
This report, part of a new series by IRENA, explores how renewable energy is financed, produced, distributed and consumed, and will chart the changing relationships it is bringing about between states, corporations and individuals.
The objective of this study is to assess whether the financing practice of recovery efforts is consistent with the international architecture in place to promote the transition from crisis to sustainable development in fragile and conflict-affected states.
This paper presents three individual cases of a wind turbine producer, a wind farm and a wind blade producer to illustrate how foreign collaboration and technology, choice of deployment strategy, and government policy have influenced the sector to continually improve its technology.
Under the first phase of the EC-funded Green Economy and Trade Opportunities Project (GE-TOP), UNEP launched the report, “Green Economy & Trade: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities” presenting six of the most promising sectors for Green Economy and Trade.
This collection of contributions by gender and sustainable development experts explores the interconnections between gender equality and sustainable development across a range of sectors and issues such as energy, health, education, food security, climate change, human rights, consumption and pro
Renewable energy (RE) sources are key to the global transition to a low carbon economy. Yet their reach and growth trajectory is not yet at the scale required to respond effectively to the climate challenge.